If by "whine" you refer to a very high pitched noise (akin to a TV tube) then I'll take a non-switched one every day. I have two such mosquito-infested powerbr

If by "whine" you refer to a very high pitched noise (akin to a TV tube) then I'll take a non-switched one every day. I have two such mosquito-infested powerbricks here, emitting a constant high-pitched noise each, and it's royally annoying. The charger for my DECT phone emits it when the handset is not sitting on it and one of my two BenQ screens (ironically both the exact same model!) emits it when turned off. This may be an avoidable production bug but when it strikes it's plain out horrible. I had to ban that DECT-charger from the living room because the sound would drive us nuts... (And yes I should have returned both items as defective but on the phone I was too lazy and on the screen the noise only started after it was about 2 yrs old)